Former Sudan President Bashir Sentenced to 2 Years in Detention for Corruption

A Sudanese court on Saturday convicted former president Omar al-Bashir on corruption charges and sentenced him to two years of detention.
Former Sudan President Bashir Sentenced to 2 Years in Detention for Corruption
Sudan's former president Omar Hassan al-Bashir sits inside a cage at the courthouse where he is facing corruption charges, in Khartoum, Sudan, on Sept. 28, 2019. Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/FIle Photo/Reuters
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KHARTOUM—A Sudanese court on Saturday convicted former president Omar al-Bashir on corruption charges and sentenced him to two years of detention in a reform facility, the first ruling against the ex-leader ousted by mass unrest.

The presiding judge said Bashir, 75, who was deposed by the military in April following months of street protests against his three-decade rule, was being sent to the reform facility, rather than a prison, on account of his age.